The Republican journal., 1887-12-15
HON. THOMAS Il. REED.
I Correspondence o.. The journal.

P"EilANh. Dee. l3th, The people of the
First District in Maine lrc proud Of the dis
tinction won by the able man vi,o,, nam.
heads this part of my letter. The sturdy
voters Of York and Cumberland rouutic. a.,-
n'rc Reed. True. he knows but little about
political fenrc-buiItling never hui, or fawny
upon YOU: i blunt and cutting of ~paerl: vet.
Tor all tHI>. there is something 50 ulliulle IN hi>
ways, that he even wins the respect of his poo
tiral foes. \ prominent Democrat told me
recently, that while ne never voted for Reed
and always did his best to defeat his ,I,, tiun.
| he had Il feeling Of pride, IL Il citizen Of thc
hr>t district, when he thought how ;thy WE
were represented in Congress- His unanimru~
| selection by great and able political party a.
its candidate Tor speaker i an honor worth,
OF the ambition of any American.
| ASrrrLEMENT FROM THE CoHngN Glue.
| The free tra'ie essay delivered hv the i're,i-
| dent i bat Il rcha>h vi tie arguments used IN
| Professor sumner ct. ais. " ho for Npar> I,aNc
tried to make tie mon who have but ~, ouf
industries appear in the role Of public roll
| hers. There never was Il time IN oi!,. history
when dollar would 20 50 far toward clolhins
Presidents talk abpiit the burden OF labor A.
far rs clothing is concerned is in krcpn. With
his knowledge Of the tariff question. liz bis
nothing to Wy about tile 50 GGu.G,0 Of t:zc,
imposed upon the people in order 10 HELM a
few hudozcrs in Louisiana. But his message
viii not hurt him. for hi, party in New York
city neither know nor care about ANYTHING
save freeatec>S to a rum shop. The truth is.
tins country has got to have Il taste of free
trade before they will become sulfeitcd Nth
IT, by the way. rcllcnbcr when Lewiston
and Auburn Were small hamlet> The ma.uI-
fartIrer came and Io' they are thrifty. ropl-
Iotl> cities. Every house built on either ~id,
OF the Ah,lro>cog@in at that point for TIM.
past forty years is the outcome of the indus
tries there, and which were established by
Americans with capital raised in con>,,tl,.uc,
OF confidence in the government pollen If
projections More than this. there i, Mi a
lahoring nlan in Maine to-day. Who i temper
ate. in GOOD health and willing to work. but j.
better situated j" every way than men of ;h.
same social status in any part Of Europe rhi.
message made our dear cousins across the wa
ter fairly dance for joy 80 Delighted wrr. Ir, \;
the prospect that their Iahorcr, wrlc to do the
work which would supply America VITA
goods, instead OF those "hI1>tc& Yankee, &ou
know" Perhaps the Voter, of Ills rotIntr,
Will agree to thi-. W. shall see.
SALOON POLITICS.
The course Of The Third PARTY" in New
York in helping Governor Hill win q victory
there for The ">tcw> and slams i, one OF The
stran@c>t events in our politics, ain in crave
doubt rs to the mental status III ti- party. lis
followers appear To he is full of venom As Il
well equipped rattle>ulkc. and at the same
time profess to he acluatcd by Il religious mo-
tive. They are intent upon the destruction Of
the only party that will do uythin1 to restrain
the saloons. The truth j.. 70 Where YOU may In
any large city in the North and where saloons
abound, there the ''hcft' Of the Democratic
party Is found. The Democrats are opposed
to any restriction whatever. The Republicans
are in favor of all the restriction that public
opinion will sustain, and have often cone even
beyond this, and suffered defeat because of it:
they Will continue to do all in their power to
restrain the saloons. and no other party ut the
North will aid them. At the South ii is differ
cnt but ii is not will it be made a political
question there: it never >houId have been made.
one at the North. and would not, hut for the
malignant zeal of these men who tl,noiIncc
all who do not agree with them as anti-tcnn-
per,ncc men.
GOVERNOR BODWEII.
A. write, the good news comes thai our
Governor is recovering. This is Il source OF
pleasure TO all our people We are Somewhat
the other. but it is on the surface. The Gov
ernor has Il large circle Cf friends who honor
him as an honest, well meaning chief ml.i>-
trate. May he have 4 speedy recovery is the
unanimous wish OF all our people.
POLITICS.
The prospect now is that Mayor Chapman
will he his own successor next spring He is
a very able man and Is shrcw,l politician aS
one will meet anywhere. lie can poll mere
votes than any man in the Republican party.
The machinery of his party is in perfect order.
His opponent will be Hon. Charles Mccarthy
again, gentleman against whom nothing but
his politics can be said. If he had been Re
publican he would have been MAYOR wears AGO.
He will not run well with his party-rcason.
because he is Il deyout Roman Catholic and so
full of caste and bigotry are the Democrats
that they will slaughter him ut the polls. NO
Irish need apply" is literally true as far AS the
Democracy of this section is concerned.
OCCASIONAL.
Lord Lyons. who has just died in LonClor,
is well remembered in this country as the.
English minister at Washington during the
trying times of the civil war. He was Il good
friend to the United States and did much to
prevent his own government from interfering
in behalf of the Confcderacy. 1t was also due
to his tact that our government was able to